Burgess and Te'o will sit out the Good Friday clash between the sides at ANZ Stadium after they both accepted early guilty pleas for separate tripping incidents involving young Penrith fullback Matt Moylan last week.

But Tolman said the Rabbitohs' forward pack would still be strong.

"It is going to be a great challenge for us and everyone is up for it," he said. "South Sydney are a great forward pack. They have got good go-forward mixed in with a lot of skill as well, so we are going to need to turn up and be ready to play Friday afternoon to get the job done.

"They play through the middle. We need to make sure we try and win the ruck and stay really tight around there because if we do that, it stops [Greg] Inglis and [Nathan] Merritt coming into the game." AAP